Bench Quote by Alafair Burke

The construction of a courthouse is a long-term investment in a building where important public business is done. But that does not justify extravagant…

— Charles T. Canady

I found out long ago that the place where the law is apt to be abused the most is right around a courthouse.

— Jim Thompson

Somewhere "out there," beyond the walls of the courthouse, run currents and tides of public opinion which lap at the courtroom door.

— William Rehnquist

Your flag flyin' over the courthouse Means certain things are set in stone. Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't

— Bruce Springsteen

My journey started in the courthouse and went to the statehouse.

— Kim Reynolds

“This judge has a chip on her shoulder the size of the whole goddamned courthouse.”

— Jodi Picoult

“it's better to build a tight chicken coop than a shoddy courthouse.”

— William Faulkner

I got married at the courthouse first. I had a party after.

— Celine Song

I'm the kind of guy who'll go to a courthouse and get married, but for women, it's different. It means a lot to them.

— Logic

“The press conference was held in a courtroom at the new county courthouse, a space that did its best to translate justice into laminated…

— John Sandford

The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not commit…

— Anonymous

I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken." I should like to have that written over the portals…

— Learned Hand